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Sun, 01 Aug 2010 21:45:23 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1Art, Anyone?http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/10/09/art-anyone/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/10/09/art-anyone/#commentsMon, 10 Oct 2005 02:05:24 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/10/09/art-anyone/Yesterday I attended the 32nd Annual Winter Park Art Festival. It ran yesterday and today from 9-5 pm and featured artists from all over the state with their wares.

I came across some pretty interesting items including blown glass bowls and sculptures, handcrafted wooden boxes and wine corks, and even huge iron statues of various animals (at least I am pretty sure they were made of iron).

There was also lots of food, entertainment and even children’s activities like free ‘jingle bracelet’ making, balloon art and face painting.

This was the first year I have gone and my family as a whole had a pretty good time perusing and buying. The kids probably had more fun in the fountains but at least there was something for everyone!

Did anyone else attend this year and, if so, what did you think?

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/10/09/art-anyone/feed/2WHY???http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/20/why/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/20/why/#commentsTue, 20 Sep 2005 13:59:00 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/20/why/I was dismayed to read the news this morning and see this.

I know we’ve discussed Lake Eola a number of times as a lovely area with the lake, a playground, the nearby library and of course, the swans! Why anyone would want to do such a thing is beyond me and I hope they catch whoever did it and he gets what he deserves.

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/20/why/feed/0Pump Patrolhttp://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/02/pump-patrol/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/02/pump-patrol/#commentsFri, 02 Sep 2005 15:22:48 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/02/pump-patrol/Ok, so who has gas and who doesn’t?

I know people have been going crazy over the gas shortages and many people are saying it’s more media hype than a real problem. However, thanks to the hype, both gas stations on my street are out of gas. I was lucky enough to fill up Wednesday at $2.56/gal because by the time they get gas back in, it’ll be close to $3!

That should last us through the Labor Day weekend and by then I’m hoping gas has been delivered (and, this may be asking too much but, a little lower in price?).

What’s going on in YOUR part of the city?

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/09/02/pump-patrol/feed/3Go All Stars!!http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/08/22/go-all-stars/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/08/22/go-all-stars/#commentsMon, 22 Aug 2005 16:52:23 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/08/22/go-all-stars/Ok, so is anyone else cheering on this team of young baseball players?

I am not much of a baseball fan myself, but when you get kids like this playing their hardest and doing a great job so far you just want to congratulate them and be proud of what they’ve accomplished.

Of course it will be wonderful if they win the whole series, but even if they don’t they’ve done an amazing job and should always be proud of themselves.

I’ve debated with checking it out, since I’ve never seen a launch that closely, but you never know what could happen and if your trip might be a wasted one.

Anyone else going to try and get out to see it?

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/20/if-at-first-you-dont-succeed/feed/0Keep Up To Date With Tropical Stormshttp://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/07/keep-up-to-date-with-tropical-storms/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/07/keep-up-to-date-with-tropical-storms/#commentsFri, 08 Jul 2005 01:15:38 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/07/keep-up-to-date-with-tropical-storms/If you don’t have time to check the news every few hours and want to know what’s going on with the storms (and don’t we all after last year?) go to the National Hurricane Center website and subscribe to their RSS feeds instead.

You do need an RSS reader (I use SharpReader) and you need to get a separate feed for each storm, but it looks to be really handy if you already use RSS readers for blogs or news (or anything else for that matter).

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/07/keep-up-to-date-with-tropical-storms/feed/0The Rain Stinks… Part 2http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/the-rain-stinks-part-2/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/the-rain-stinks-part-2/#commentsThu, 07 Jul 2005 01:37:33 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/the-rain-stinks-part-2/Here’s a few more pics of the beautiful after effects of rainfall. These were taken at the Volusia County Fairgrounds July 4th.

It was hard to get good pictures because the rainbow was faint, but very pretty anyhow. I haven’t seen one in a long time.

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/the-rain-stinks-part-2/feed/0How Ironichttp://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/30/how-ironic/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/30/how-ironic/#commentsFri, 01 Jul 2005 01:34:33 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/30/how-ironic/Who remembers the flu shot craziness of last year? Heck even the last few years. It never does seem that they are prepared for the amount of shots that will actually be needed.

But by this point, noone wanted them anymore. And they expired today, so they will all be thrown out. Let’s hope they are able to anticipate this year’s need a little better than in the past, for those people who need them.

]]>http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/30/how-ironic/feed/0Yes, The Rain Stinks…http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/26/yes-the-rain-stinks/
http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/26/yes-the-rain-stinks/#commentsSun, 26 Jun 2005 15:53:02 +0000http://orlando.metblogs.com/2005/06/26/yes-the-rain-stinks/… but scenes like this make it more worthwhile for me:

Right before I got my camera they were all in a big puddle taking a bath, but when I came back out they were drying off. Too cute.
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